Rendering a Photorealistic Female in 3ds Max

In this 3ds Max tutorial we will learn how we can create a photorealistic render of a female character. We'll start by taking our female mesh and begin to add some details to her. We'll then continue by setting up the lighting, materials and painting the textures for our female character. By the end of this tutorial you'll know the main steps for adding details to a female character as well as various techniques to help improve and bring your own characters and 3D renders to life.

Course info

Level

Advanced

Updated

Jun 1, 2012

Duration

1h 49m

Description

In this 3ds Max tutorial we will learn how we can create a photorealistic render of a female character. We'll start by taking our female mesh and begin to add some details to her. We'll then continue by setting up the lighting, materials and painting the textures for our female character. By the end of this tutorial you'll know the main steps for adding details to a female character as well as various techniques to help improve and bring your own characters and 3D renders to life.

About the author

Andrius Balciunas is a CG artist from Lithuania.

Section Introduction Transcripts

Section Introduction Transcripts

Introduction and Project OverviewHey everyone, my name is Andrius Balciunas, and I am a CGI artist from Lithuania. Currently I'm freelancing most of the time and I'm also a part-time lecturer at Information Technology Training Center which is located in the same country where I live. So in this course I'm going to guide you through the process of how to create a female character. I'll start by explaining how I usually set up references. Then I will pose my character, show you the ways I like to create clothing and eyelashes. Then I will unwrap our models and set up lighting and skin shader for my character. I'll show you the ways I like to create skin textures by starting painting them directly on the model, and later adding details in Photoshop. And then I will end up with post-production for complete render of the character. So I hope you will learn something new in this course and let's get started!